Many people consider that open source is the future. It is hard to argue with this, as it allows the software to adapt to different environments - at least if developers decide.
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Most importantly, it allows anyone to have the ability to view the code, and prevent all malicious aspects such as backdoors. In other words, you never know what lies in software behind a closed source.
Google has adopted open source in an effort to highlight a multiplayer game on Android TV . How? Well, the search giant has released a free open source game called "Pie Noon" , which is now available on Google Play Store . As highlighted by the web giant, Pius Noon is a simple game created to demonstrate multi-user access to a TV Android device.
"It supports up to four players using the Bluetooth controllers and touch controls on mobile devices. Google Play Play Service is used for rankings and objectives FlatBuffers for data serialization, WebP for image compression and MathFu for mathematical acceleration " explains Google.
Google says you can download the game on the Play Store, and the last open source version of their GitHub page . Going on this page, you will discover from the source code how you can implement these libraries and utilities in your own Android games.
Personally I installed on my Nexus Pie Noon without any problems. But while it looks nice, it's still a bit basic and boring. Of course, small children will benefit from it, especially if you plan it on a TV, or if you play from a device running Android TV.
That said, the game is intended to be a demonstration of the Simple DirectMedia Layer library and not an award-winning masterpiece. And the least we can say is that the result is excellent for this purpose.
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Most importantly, it allows anyone to have the ability to view the code, and prevent all malicious aspects such as backdoors. In other words, you never know what lies in software behind a closed source.
Google has adopted open source in an effort to highlight a multiplayer game on Android TV . How? Well, the search giant has released a free open source game called "Pie Noon" , which is now available on Google Play Store . As highlighted by the web giant, Pius Noon is a simple game created to demonstrate multi-user access to a TV Android device.
Google says you can download the game on the Play Store, and the last open source version of their GitHub page . Going on this page, you will discover from the source code how you can implement these libraries and utilities in your own Android games.
Personally I installed on my Nexus Pie Noon without any problems. But while it looks nice, it's still a bit basic and boring. Of course, small children will benefit from it, especially if you plan it on a TV, or if you play from a device running Android TV.
That said, the game is intended to be a demonstration of the Simple DirectMedia Layer library and not an award-winning masterpiece. And the least we can say is that the result is excellent for this purpose.